The director of Microsoft's documentary about millions of unsold "E.T." Atari 2600 game cartridges says an excavation of a landfill they're believed to be buried in will take place late this month
From Neowin:
From Neowin:
The documentary Microsoft is producing for its Xbox consoles about the alleged burying of "E.T. the Extraterrestrial" game cartridges hit a snag last week, but the excavation of the now-defunct landfill where they're believed to be buried now has a start date: the weekend of April 26.Xbox documentary dig for buried E.T. game cartridges to take place this month
According to a tweet by Zak Penn, director of the documentary, a camera crew will tape the dig of a landfill in Alamogordo, N.M., as teams search for millions of "E.T." Atari 2600 game cartridges. Rumors have long swirled that the cartridges were dumped in the landfill after they were unable to be sold. Penn's announcement comes after the state agency that oversees the landfill took issue with the documentary company's plans for the dig, which it said were too "generic." The agency also alleged potentially hazardous chemicals could prevent the excavation, endangering the possibility of a dig.
